Egyptian bean

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of a species of bean (Lablab purpureus), native to Africa.
  2. 2
    perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos wordnet
  3. 3
    A lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera), not native west of India.

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